by MCDC | Jan 15, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, History, News, Social Security
And yet, on the very first day that the new larger House Republican majority got to work, it made a move that could mean some 11 million people who receive Social Security disability benefits will see their lifeline benefits cut by 20% in 2016—or even cuts to Social...
by MCDC | Jan 12, 2015 | Civil Rights, Events, History, Income Inequality
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Celebrating His Life & Legacy Presented by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Guest Speaker Dr. Hortense Hinton Jackson Music by Min. Nelson C Page Jr. & Jesse Hines Jr. Contacts: Rev. Frank D Lewis Sr –...
by MCDC | Dec 21, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, History, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Social Security
Isn’t it amazing how Washington works? While the rich get richer, they get tax breaks and Wall Street deregulation? While working families become poorer, they get cuts in pensions that were promised to them. Congress must start defending the needs of working...
by MCDC | Jul 31, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, History, News
Historical sketch … The power to issue executive orders comes from both Congress and the Constitution. Every president has used executive orders; Washington issued the first 3 orders within months after being sworn into office. Presidents have used executive orders to...
by MCDC | May 15, 2014 | Economy, Employment, History, Income Inequality, Issues, Minimum Wage
This country’s fate was sealed when our government slashed taxes on the rich back in 1980 By Thom Hartmann, Alternet There’s nothing “normal” about having a middle class. Having a middle class is a choice that a society has to make, and it’s a choice we need to...
by MCDC | Feb 17, 2014 | History
By Ian Millhiser Five years after General George Washington took command of a revolutionary army, he believed that the revolution was on the verge of collapse. The Articles of Confederation, which bound the thirteen former British colonies together prior to the...
